Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and we’ve put together a special menu that will be served on both Saturday and Sunday nights, February 13 and 14. Saturday night, starting at 9:30pm, we will also feature a performance by The Monster Band. We are currently taking reservations for our dining room. Our tavern will be seated on a first-come, first-seated basis. We will be serving both our couple’s Valentine’s Day menu as well as our regular menu.
Every couple selecting one appetizer, two entrees and one dessert will include a glass of house wine or champagne.
All items on the menu may be ordered a la carte.
*Note: Due to the weather, our menu may change slightly based on availability. Thank you for your understanding.
First Course
OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER
Broiled with bacon, parmesan, spinach, and cream sauce. $12
BEEF CARPACCIO
Thin slices of tender beef, with shallots, fried capers, horseradish cream, and a small mixed green salad. $10
Entrée
MIXED
Tender teres major beef grilled to perfection, shrimp skewer, and a boar sausage served with mashed potatoes and broccoli. $20
PRIME RIB
Slow roasted and served with mashed potatoes, broccoli and topped with horseradish cream and au jus. $22
NORTH CAROLINA ROCKFISH
Pan-seared and baked, served with purple fingerling potatoes, asparagus, and a matelote sauce. $22
Dessert
TIRAMISU
Espresso soaked lady fingers topped with marscapone and chocolate. $6
Come out every Monday at 7pm and 9:30pm to join the Free Texas Hold-Em poker league.
This is an independent poker league. The game follows the rules of the WSOP. Each player will receive $10,000 in chips. There will be 2 games each night. Each game is designed to run for 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours. We will be paying 2 places for each game with 1st place receiving $50 in cash.
Sign up starts at 6:30 each night. Be early to make sure you secure your seat. Good Luck!
*The Lion & Bull is only the host location for this weekly tournament and is not in charge of its operation or prizes.
The band was formed in 2005 in Porto city (Portugal), we have met in high school and we have tried to make a rock band. We have always heard Hard Rock and Blues like AC/DC, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and also Pink Floyd, Queen, etc… We needed to do something like that too! Like a tribute to that Rock gods!
The Larry Thomas Project Band and Acoustic Duo formed with one goal in mind: to create the Ultimate PARTY for all generation of music fans, performing songs from the last two decades, along with the old R&B classics everyone loves.
For anyone who grew up in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and beyond this is your music! The Larry Thomas Project mixes R&B, modern rock, reggae, and today’s sound, it’s a non-stop party. They often play extended dance medleys without a break, blending hit songs into more hit songs, keeping the audience entertained, whether the event is a corporate event, college party, wedding or club date, the band exhibits professionalism and reliability, the band’s unique sound combines high-energy Jazz/funk acoustic groove it’s a soulful journey. High-quality musicianship makes the group versatile; with the ability to continually reinvent their sets keeping the material fresh and gives listeners an exciting musical experience. Instead of setting out for Los Angeles or New York to find a place in the music industry The Larry Thomas Project decided to stay local (WMA), playing a Mid-Atlantic tour with the group Magique for 3 years and working with James&Turner Productions . With Larry’s soulful vocal tone and his acoustic guitar with the built in GR20 guitar synthesizer backed by Lead guitarist /vocal (John Graves), Bass/vocal (Alan Cooper) and Drums Reggie Jones this band becomes a musical force. Larry Thomas performs Composes and sings his music with the influences of yesterday’s soul
Saturday night’s show has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
Clinton Curtis grew up between the islands of Jamaica and Key West, Florida, the son of musicians and reggaehall owners. As a kid, he played with and learned from some of the Jamaican giants – Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker and Roots Explosion. His mother and father were pioneers of the Jamaican live music scene, managing and promoting many top reggae artists. Clinton was always eager to learn from musicians, and they were happy to teach him. He was an accomplished classical pianist by age 8. By 13, he was fluent on more than a dozen instruments.
At age 18, Clinton moved to New York and began working as a singer while studying acting at NYU. It was there, in Greenwich Village, in the bars and clubs that defined so much of music history, that he realized he wanted to write popular music. He took to it feverishly, writing dozens of songs a month. He teamed up with producer Matt Stine, and signed to indie label 27 Sound.
Currently, Clinton and his band are a fixture in the downtown NY music scene.
Clinton is credited with having the largest crowd ever at the famous Lower East Side venue, The Livingroom, where he plays every month.
Clinton also appeared on FOX’s Fearless Music TV, where he won the most votes of any other act and was brought back by viewers to play the TV show two weeks in a row. Those performances still remain in the top 10 most watched videos on the Fearless Music website.
Clinton’s music represents the coming together of all the musical genres he has been exposed to throughout his life. From Country to Reggae, from Blues to Bach, Clinton Curtis is a throwback to the great songwriters of the 1960’s with the musical versatility and voice of a new artist set on making his mark on today’s popular music landscape.
Waitin on Sundown does covers mostly but they bring a little something different to the table. Our refreshing set lists contain works by Sugarland, Gretchen Wilson, Miranda Lambert, Terri Clark, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, Sara Evans, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Julie Roberts, Trick Pony, Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, Danielle Peck, The Judds, Heart, Led Zepplin, Tom Petty…just to give you an idea
Andre draws his inspiration for music from the likes of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Al Green and Louis Armstrong, to mention a few.
Besides Virginia, Andre Fox is well know in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Andre continues to play the club circuit, as well as private events and larger venues. He has sung our National Anthem at Washington Capital’s and Baltimore Raven’s games. Andre has also played with many prestigious musicians up and down the East coast.
To date, Andre has recorded over five albums and has written many original songs. He continues to record for Wellington Studios.
To hear Andre Fox, visit him at MySpace or his website, www.andrefox.com
Ryan and Sam Weber have been playing music together since Sam received a guitar for Christmas when he was eight years old. Ryan, two and half years older than Sam, picked up the bass and soon the brothers were playing shows all over their native Westminster, Maryland in bands such as Illegal Aliens and the Northern Lights.
After finishing high school and traveling to cities such as Nashville, Memphis, and Amsterdam, the Brothers decided to send a demo tape to Ronnie Hawkins, whom they have idolized since they saw his performance in The Band’s (Martin Scorsese’s award-winning 1976 concert documentary of The Band’s farewell performance) ‘‘The Last Waltz’’.
Hawkins was so impressed with the Weber Brothers’ talents that he invited them to his house north of Peterborough to attend his 90 day ‘‘Rock and Roll Boot Camp’’. After three months of living and rehearsing on Hawkins’ farm, the brothers became members of Ronnie’s world famous band ‘‘The Hawks’’.
In its young career Honor By August has already played arena stages, had its music broadcast to millions and won the Grand Prize in Billboard’s World Song Contest.
“Now widely considered one of the most promising new talents on the East Coast,” (Washington Post) Honor By August makes music characterized by “distinctive, inviting vocals and anthemic, reverb-drenched guitars” (MetroMusicScene.com) and built on “award-winning songwriting, strong vocals, catchy melodies, and dynamic live performance” (Jenni Chase, Washington’s Z104/OnTap Magazine).
Their newest release, “Found,” finds the band in musical territory somewhere between U2, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon and Bruce Springsteen — a melodic and accessible blend of rock hooks and lyrical observations on life, loss, love and hope.
A fast-growing reputation has helped create opportunities for the band to share stages as big as arenas with artists including Bon Jovi, Third Eye Blind, Vertical Horizon, Peter Frampton, Hootie & the Blowfish, Edwin McCain, Hanson, Pat McGee Band, Virginia Coalition and many, many others.
While drawing comparisons to some of these bands and developing a sound of their own, Honor By August won the Grand Prize in the Billboard World Song Contest, as well as an XM Radio contest where they beat out hundreds of regional bands to open for Bon Jovi.
Their music has been broadcast to millions many times over on ESPN and they have worked with Grammy-winning producers, mixers, and engineers including Jack Joseph Puig (U2, Snow Patrol, Rolling Stones), Paul David Hager (Goo Goo Dolls), Jeff Juliano (John Mayer, O.A.R, Lifehouse), Toby Wright (Third Eye Blind) and Ted Comerford (Virginia Coalition).
Honor By August has played to single crowds as big as 20,000 from arena shows at the Verizon Center, McDonough Arena and Innsbrook Pavilion, to headlining multiple shows at the 9:30 Club (DC), to notable national venues like the Bowery Ballroom (NYC), Blender Theater (NYC), Knitting Factory main stage (NYC), Viper Room (LA), Ram’s Head Live (MD), Toad’s Place (VA), Middle East main stage (MA), Cain’s Ballroom (OK), House of Blues Cleveland (OH) and many others across the country.
Their sophomore release “Found” continues to fuel the buzz as it builds on the foundation of the first album, further honing the band’s songwriting and development.
Honor By August is:
Michael Pearsall: Vocals, Guitar
Evan Field: Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals, Piano
Chris Rafetto: Bass, Backing Vocals, Piano
Brian Shanley: Drums, Percussion
Honor By August “Found” (shpro.tv) from Scott Hansen on Vimeo.
The Lion & Bull will be holding a special invitation poker tournament on Monday, January 4th, 2010 at 8pm. This poker tournament is open to all previous players of the former establishment. Registration starts at 7pm.
Since the original host shut down before the quarterly tournament, Lion & Bull excited to welcome you back for the Final Tournament. Prizes will given to the top eight finishers, as well as the first player knocked out. The format will remain the same as the previous game, however the previous player rankings are no longer valid and every player will start off the night with an even amount of chips.
Nate Piper will be sending an email to every former player. In the event that you do not receive an email and would like to play please contact Nate at drpiper@gmail.com.
Poker will be open to new-comers on Monday, January 11, 2010. This will be a weekly Texas Hold-em Tournament.
Please see the Poker webpage for more information.